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Item number Na706 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Birch bark container body made from a single piece of bark cut and sewn to shape; flat, square bottom, tapering to a circular mouth at top. Round lid with small raised handle. Strip of animal hide, with rectangular cut-outs is attached to body as handle. Wooden hoop stitched to top of mouth. Stitched with split root or basswood fibre.

History Of Use

The Ojibwa make many kinds of birch bark containers, including watertight ones for carrying liquids. Others were used to store maple sugar, wild rice, and other goods. Birch bark baskets were also used for gathering and preparing foods. A mocock is shaped like a truncated pyramid with rounded corners, it can be as small as a trinket box or a large storage container.